E.W. Hobbs

05/01/2026

Weekend schedule notes:

Hey the suns out for a change anyways.
We’ll be here today Friday May 1st from:
11am-5pm (early closing tonight for a catering event).
Saturday May 2nd 11am-7pm
Sunday May 3rd. 11am-7pm (weather permitting)
Bonus Monday! 11am-5pm.

Good fortune and good luck to the Bruins and Celtics in their respective knockout games tonight and tomorrow!

If you wanted any Batches for the Bruins tonight, come before 5 with the early closing.

Counting down the days until “the fence” is down and gone!

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04/25/2026

To all the Kernels and “Old Maids” out there:

Why did the popcorn go to school?
To get a little Butter education.

We’re open Batches of Buttered Corn, Popcorn Bars, Suger Corn, Wintergreen corn and Ice cream!

Saturday 11am-7pm
Sunday 11am-4pm

Congratulations to the Celts and Bruins for making the playoffs. Nice shot last night Tatum!
We have batches of corn available for your playoff viewing parties on Sunday if you wannna get your popcorn ready!

04/20/2026

Happy Patriots Day!
Open today and tomorrow
11am-4ish
For Ice Cream and 🍿 Popcorn.

04/11/2026

It’s still early in the Salem Willows season, however there are many positive signs of things to come this season.

Kudos to JJ Phelan construction and the city of Salem for really stepping up the park construction of Salem Willows Phase II. Although there’s still much work to be done, there’s been tremendous progress on the project in the last 2 weeks. New cement walkways to the new pier, new picnic areas and tables, many new trash receptacles and recycling containers, new drainage, new electrical and new trees! Many people who have come here their whole lives will not recognize the area being refurbished.
In our humble opinion, we think it’s really shaping up and will look amazing when completed and cared for. Everyone should check it out sometime soon. Fences will be down by Memorial Day when the grass and planting take. Salem will have a new/old special place to help celebrate our 400th anniversary as a city!

We’ll be open:
Saturday 11am-7pm
Sunday 11am-5pm weather permitting call after 4pm to confirm.
978 745 7691
We’ll also have the first few ice cream flavors of the season later today! Call for flavors. We’ll post an update later with our selection.
We’re also taking Buttered popcorn Batch orders at EWHobbs.com to ship out all over the USA on Monday this week.

For those wondering:
The Willows Arcade is open today!
Also, Peppys Pizza, Super Taco, and Sage Fusion Kitchen are open for business.

Although not open yet, we’ve seen signs of life at Gennaros Cutlets, Boba Tea, and the Merry go Round. We expect them to open in the coming weeks.

Enjoy the Day!

04/05/2026

Happy Easter! Kinda dreary but Springs just around the corner. Hopefully lots of flowers coming after all the rain. THANK YOU to all the people who came down on opening day yesterday! We’re open for popcorn from 12-4PM TODAY.
Next week we’ll be open:
Thursday 11am-4pm
Friday. 11am-5pm
Saturday. 11am-7pm
Sunday 11am-4pm

04/03/2026

02/07/2026

Hey folks we got a situation here haha. Mother Nature has blessed with her bounty again. For those who have ordered popcorn today, we will be here for pickup until 1pm with our sidewalks cleared however the street out front has not been plowed and is typically last on Salems list and it’s not looking too good now. Additionally anyone who has an order already will have the option for a refund or you can defer your pickup until tomorrow Sunday morning from 10am-12. Now that’s for the people with pre orders already in as we are unfortunately sold out. Everybody take is slow and steady and we’ll all get through this to enjoy one helluva game tomorrow!
Go Patriots!!!!!!!!!!!

01/23/2026

Kernels of thought while awaiting the Blizzard of ‘26 and the Pats game Sunday:

Yes! We will be popping this Saturday from 9:30-12 even if it’s negative wind chill and the worlds going crazy. Like we say here, “it’s always summer at the stoves”, colds not a problem here. 😆🥶

We’ll be here from 9:30-12 for pickup. To order visit Ewhobbs.com or leave a message at 978 745 7691. The Ocean side Speakeasy door will be open to pickup your order so you can come in out of the hot sun as Everett used to say. Call us when arriving if you would like us run out your order if you don’t want to get cold.

Seriously tho, do your storm prep, be safe during the storm by not going out. and cleaning up in the aftermath. Just sit back and hopefully watch a great game Sunday. Go Pats!!!!
C&J H

01/16/2026

Oh boy, are we lucky to be New England Patriots fans! AFC Divisional round playoffs! Good luck and thank you to the entire Patriots organization, from Kraft, Vrable, and Drake to the pretzel vendors!

First off, we’re sorry to the few people we had to turn away near the end last Saturday when we ran out of popcorn seed. Thank you to those who pre-ordered and came down the willows in the dead of winter to support us during the winter months. We’re here for about three more weeks.

If you would like a batch of buttered corn for the Patriots game, we’re here popping this Saturday, the 17th, from 9:30-12, as usual. To order, visit Ewhobbs.com or leave a phone message at 978 745 7691.

We’re crossing our fingers for a victory this Sunday, but really, this is all house money after the last few years.

C + J
PS: First commentator who identifies the two people in the last photo of the old Willow house wins a free batch of buttered corn for pickup tomorrow!

01/09/2026

Life beyond Popmas:

It’s that time of the year we go into partial hibernation, however, we’re still popping Batches of Buttered popcorn on Saturdays from 9:30am-12pm through the Super Bowl no matter the outcome this Sunday.

If you wanted to get your popcorn ready for the BIGGEST GAME of the Second Coming, we’ll be popping Saturday the 10th. You can order via Ewhobbs.com or leave a message/order via voicemail at 978 745 7691.

LFG! Patriots! Although an eminently successful season, they need to win this one here after all the work in the last year! Thank you to the greatest franchise in the NFL!

12/22/2025

Happy Holidays everyone!!
Just a couple notes:
We’re here today and tomorrow from 10am-4pm for pre ordered Batches of Buttered popcorn and Holiday gift tins. If you ordered for either day they are ready for pickup as of now. See you soon!

If you did not pre order, we do have some Batch slots open today and tomorrow and also we found a couple of boxes of Gift Tins so we have an additional 12 Tins for sale via EWHOBBS.COM OR by calling 978 745-7691

Also, WE ARE NOT OPEN ON CHRISTMAS EVE 12/24. If you have an order, please come today or tomorrow!

We will be on standby the next week to address any issues that may arise with your shipping or pickup orders. Message us or call us 978 745 7691 to resolve!

Batch Saturdays will pause the weekend after the Holiday 12/27/25 and will resume the following Saturday January 4th.

Thank you to everyone who ordered and visited us this year! You allow us to continue this fun Holiday tradition and help us keep up with repairs and upgrades, and keep us going into the 21st century!

Happy Holidays snd Merry Christmas to all ndt sse